Maine fishermen and scientists are collaborating on a new tool to help study a warmer water fish species and assess its potential as a future commercial fishery in the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine.

Anecdotally, Maine fishermen say they've seen more and more black sea bass in their traps and nets for at least a decade. But because Maine has just a small recreational fishery, "we don't have any real data that is showing us that, both catch or trawl survey data-wise," says Ben Martens, executive director of the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association .

And he says this summer, that's starting to change, because the association and the science nonprofit Manomet have teamed up with local fishermen to launch a new app .

Basically, Martens says, all they're asking of fishermen is: "if the

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